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CVE-2012-5459

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in a "system folder.".

HIGH · CVSS 7.9 EPSS 0.00135
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules13 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
vmware playerall versions
vmware workstationall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

13
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - File
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Process
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Registry
producthighFlash Player Update from Suspicious Location
productmediumSuspicious Workstation Locking via Rundll32
productinformationalLocked Workstation
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Scoring & Timeline

7.9
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD14 Nov 2012 · 12:30 PM
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://osvdb.org/87119
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56470
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923
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